Mercatus Center

FILE- In this June 19, 2017, file photo, a person types on a laptop keyboard in North Andover, Mass. A new report by a global media consortium that expands the known target list of the Israeli hacker-for-hire firm NSO Group’s military-grade spyware provoked alarm Monday, July 19, 2021, among human rights and press freedom activists. They decried the near-complete absence of regulation of commercial surveillance tools. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)

When it come to defending against Chinese cyber espionage, agencies are a step behind

A Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee report on cybersecurity found that seven departments hadn’t fixed serious deficiencies the…

Cybersecurity

Filling the Federal Reserve Board

Budget

Visitors walk past a photograph of Karl Marx at an exhibition to commemorate the 200th anniversary of his birth at the National Museum in Beijing, Saturday, May 5, 2018. Abroad, China's President Xi Jinping portrays himself as a robust defender of free markets, yet at home, he's leading a campaign to promote the works of communist philosopher Karl Marx, who famously warned of the dangers of global capitalism. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

The strengths and weaknesses of capitalism

What's Working in Washington

rules and regulations marked on rubber stamp

Regulatory budget can help agencies make better decisions

Management

Increased contract competition contributes to good government

Management

Timing of Unified Agenda release draws criticism from Issa

Federal Drive

Obama administration kick-starts regulatory reform, but more action needed

Federal Drive

Researchers urge gov to declassify cyber threat details

Analyst: Regulations, like gardens, need weeding

Federal Drive

Analysis: Deficit Commission’s lasting effects

Budget

Opinion: no COLA in 2011 makes sense

Federal Drive